New law permits home-schooled students to participate in public school extracurricular activities

Budget requires public districts to allow participation

1:37 AM,
Jul. 28, 2013

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Thousands of Ohio children soon could participate in sports, theater or other extracurriculars in school districts where they do not attend classes.

Ohio's new budget includes language requiring public schools to allow home-schooled children who reside in their boundaries to participate in school activities.

The author of the change, Rep. Dave Hall, R-Millersburg, said allowing home-schoolers to participate was a fairness issue for parents already paying school property taxes. He thinks having home-schooled children interact with public school students will help eliminate ...